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Want to know the fastest way to kill your closing rate?
Keep doing what most land investors do: manually creating purchase agreements, sending them to sellers, and then spending days chasing them down to get them signed.
It's frustrating. It's time-consuming. And here's the worst part: most of those sellers won't even sign.
If you're creating and sending these contracts manually, you're wasting hours on a task that should take seconds. And don't forget, you have to do this for every single deal, including the ones that never close!
It's no wonder so many investors burn out.
But here's the good news: there's a much faster way to handle this.
I Used to Waste Hours on Every Deal
Years ago, my process for sending purchase agreements was atrocious.
After spending 20-30 minutes on the phone negotiating with a seller, I'd tell them to watch for a purchase agreement from me in the mail (first mistake).
Then the real work began.
I'd open up my Word template and spend another 10-20 minutes filling in all the details. Then I'd print it out, sign it, stick it in an envelope, and mail it to them. If I was feeling ambitious, I'd also scan and email them a PDF copy.
Most of the time? I never heard back.
Clearly, there were numerous problems and rookie mistakes with this approach, but the biggest one was simple: I was asking sellers to do too much.
Think about what I was expecting them to do:
- Open my email
- Mentally accept my lower offer
- Print out the contract
- Sign it
- Mail it back or scan and email it to me
That's a lot of steps. Even if they liked my offer, the process itself created way too much friction. It was just easier for them to ignore it.
Eventually, I became a little more savvy and started using PandaDoc to send contracts digitally. But I was still wasting time uploading documents, mapping out signature fields, and managing everything outside of my CRM. Plus, I was paying $588 a year for the privilege of doing all this extra work.
PandaDoc didn't actually make my life easier; it just moved the hassle from my printer to my computer screen.
How Stride Makes This Ridiculously Easy
With Stride, all of this friction disappeared completely.
Here's how it works:
Stride stores every detail about every property owner and property I interact with, including names, phone numbers, addresses, emails, and all the relevant deal information (just like any good CRM should).
With one click, it pulls all that info into a ready-made purchase agreement template that's included for free in my Stride account. (And if I've got a unique contract template I'd rather use, I can upload that too.)
Once all property and owner details have been entered into the CRM and I've selected my contract, I can either generate and send the purchase agreement immediately with one click or create a draft first to review before sending.
Once it's sent, the seller receives it with a secure e-signature link, and I get notified the moment they open it and when they sign it, so I'm always in the loop.
Automatic Follow-Ups (So You Don't Have To Chase Anyone)
What if they don't sign it right away? Can't the seller just ignore my contract?
They could try… but Stride automatically follows up for you! Stride has a pre-built automation that sends the seller a reminder email once a day, so they can't conveniently forget about me.
When they do sign it, those automated reminders stop because Stride CRM recognizes the document has been signed, so it doesn't keep bugging the seller after the job is done. It's a beautiful thing!
And if I want to customize it, I can add my own follow-up sequences, like sending them a text every day or a ringless voicemail once a week until they sign. It's fully customizable.
Everything Is Trackable
One of the best parts? With Stride, everything is fully trackable.
I can see:
- When a person receives my contract
- When they've viewed it
- When they've signed it
And if I have multiple team members, every step is logged, so I'll know exactly which team member created and sent each contract and whose responsibility it is to stay on top of the deal. No more guesswork.
It's More Secure Than a Wet Signature
These e-signatures are legally binding and use the same secure systems as DocuSign and PandaDoc.
In some ways, it's even more secure than having someone sign with a pen because there's no question about forgery. The system verifies the person's location and the exact time they signed.
The Bottom Line
This one feature alone can wipe out the cost of whatever e-signature service you're paying for right now.
It dramatically speeds up your deal flow. And with how much faster and easier you can send and sign all your contracts, there's no telling how much more money you could make.
I can't tell you how many hours of my life I've wasted creating and sending contracts the slow, old-fashioned way. It doesn't need to be this way.
If you haven't started using Stride yet, you should check it out!
This feature alone is worth the entire monthly price, even if it's the only thing you ever use (and obviously, there's a lot more to Stride than just this).
Are you ready to stop wasting time with clunky contract workflows?
